Synonyms of dilating

dilating 1 of 2

adjective

as in dilated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilated
• ballooning
• protuberant
• turgescent
• ventricose
• swollen
• expanded
• distended
• blown up
• bulging
• varicose
• turgid
• blown
• tumescent
• varicosed
• puffed
• ballooned
• overinflated
• bloated
• tumid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

dilating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of dilate

as in distending

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distending
• enlarging
• inflating
• increasing
• augmenting
• swelling
• expanding
• accelerating
• multiplying
• adding (to)
• amplifying
• compounding
• extending
• stoking
• escalating
• lengthening
• elongating
• boosting
• upping
• spiking
• jumping
• blowing up
• skyrocketing
• prolonging
• intensifying
• pumping up
• stretching
• booming
• building up
• hyping
• aggrandizing
• enhancing
• heightening
• developing
• raising
• bumping (up)
• supplementing
• protracting
• supersizing
• drawing out
• reinforcing
• magnifying
• complementing
• ratcheting (up)
• strengthening
• fleshing (out)
• reenforcing
• racheting (up)
• maximizing
• beefing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shortening
• curtailing
• contracting
• abridging
• abbreviating
• compressing
• constricting
• condensing
• reducing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• retrenching
• cutting back
• lowering
• lessening
• dwindling
• downsizing
• subtracting (from)
• abating
• minifying
• de-escalating